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DOI number:10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.019

Journal:Biophysical Journal

Abstract:The ability of cells to regulate their shape and volume is critical for many cell functions. How endocytosis and exocytosis, as important ways of membrane trafficking, affect cellular volume regulation is still unclear. Here, we develop a theoretical framework to study the dynamics of cell volume, endocytosis, and exocytosis in response to osmotic shocks and mechanical loadings. This model can not only explain observed dynamics of endocytosis and exocytosis during osmotic shocks but also predict the dynamics of endocytosis and exocytosis during cell compressions. We find that a hypotonic shock stimulates exocytosis, while a hypertonic shock stimulates endocytosis; and exocytosis in turn allows cells to have a dramatic change in cell volume but a small change in membrane tension during hyposmotic swelling, protecting cells from rupture under high tension. In addition, we find that cell compressions with various loading speeds induce three distinct dynamic modes of endocytosis and exocytosis. Finally, we show that increasing endocytosis and exocytosis rates reduce the changes in cell volume and membrane tension under fast cell compression, whereas they enhance the changes in cell volume and membrane tension under slow cell compression. Together, our findings reveal critical roles of endocytosis and exocytosis in regulating cell volume and membrane tension.

First Author:Fangtao Mao

Indexed by:Journal paper

Correspondence Author:Yuehua Yang,Hongyuan Jiang

Volume:120

Issue:24

Page Number:5521-5529

ISSN No.:00063495

Translation or Not:no

Date of Publication:2021-12-07

Included Journals:SCI

Links to published journals:https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006349521009887